If only Frog could have kept WCW afloat

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Who Killed WCW?
	Eric Bischoff
	Hulk Hogan
	Vince Russo
	Jerusalem

Matlock: Sep 12, 2004; Childs Play Charity 2011 Total: $1755

MassRayPer posted:

Nitro in 97 was indeed incredible. One of my fondest memories of wrestling will always be JJ Dillon asking Sting what he wanted and Sting not speaking. Instead he pointed his bat at a fan in the crowd with a sign that read: "JJ: STING WANTS HOGAN!"

obvious staged sign, but that's hilarious and awesome

# ¿ Jan 2, 2010 01:02

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 22:57

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Skinty McEdger posted:

For you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9qHYVHJZKs

At 1:58, some guy kisses his belt

# ¿ Jan 4, 2010 23:24

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Skinty McEdger posted:

Strangely enough GLAAD wasn't annoyed at the Lenny and Lodi angle itself. They felt that it was being used as retaliation by WCW for their complaints over Konnan and Rey's repeated use of the word 'human being' on nitro on the way to the ring. It was the complaints over this that made Turner look closer at the WCW product and put pressure on the booking staff to kill any angle that may be contraversal.

Rey yelling human being? This I need to see.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2010 18:20

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Wouldn't Vampiro burst into flames, being a vampire and all? And I really don't think that holy water would do much for the two dudes in grease makeup, either.

Oh wait, WCW

# ¿ Feb 3, 2010 08:42

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LividLiquid posted:

I've made Target jokes too, and I still find them funny, but it's kind of a shame that we laugh at people who move on with their lives after wrestling.

Shane Douglas spotted

# ¿ Feb 4, 2010 05:40

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millardo72 posted:

That junkyard match reminds me way too much of the fight scene in Anchorman.

Hak: Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast!
Finlay: It jumped up a notch.
Hak: It did, didn't it?
El Dandy: Yeah, I crushed a man.
Hak: I saw that! El Dandy killed a guy! Did you throw him in a car crusher?
El Dandy: Yeah, there were fences, and a car on fire, and I killed a guy in a compactor.
Hak: El Dandy, I've been meaning to talk to you about that. You should probably find yourself a safehouse or a relative close by. Lay low for a while, because you're probably wanted for murder.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2010 01:12

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Save Russian Jews posted:

While we're discussing Kanyon...

I'm so glad I didn't cancel my myspace account.

EDIT: To explain his last comment, I think my display name was "better looking than your boyfriend" at that point in time. Apparently it was true sometimes.

you betta than kanyon

# ¿ Feb 22, 2010 05:47

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MassRayPer posted:

I clicked on this hoping to find a montage of WCW's dumbest moments.

Instead I get a kid who is going to be the next big youtube sensation shooting on the history of WCW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-WnJ9dgKhA I have no idea if this is hilarious or not. He's wrong about so much.

That "Wooo" at the beginning made me crack up.

Then I turned it off.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2010 04:43

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Gonna blow a few minds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7n_SHrK408

# ¿ Mar 6, 2010 03:28

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I loved the ending to that match.

Bigelow missing his entrance
Goldberg mugging like mad
Hall no-selling the spear, jackknife, and stun gun to slowly and childishly stun Bigelow and Goldberg

# ¿ Mar 6, 2010 05:08

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THE FANS RECOGNIZE HIM, AND SO DOES HOGAN!

AND SO...SO DO WE ! ! !

# ¿ Mar 6, 2010 06:17

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Critical posted:

HBK liked to piss in ring rat's mouths. Aaaand go.

Lita.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2010 04:46

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Jerusalem posted:

There are no Robert Cops.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2010 23:49

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Who gayer than Kanyon

# ¿ Mar 16, 2010 07:28

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MassRayPer posted:

Today I realized I had never seen an Arachnaman match. Well now I have. Witness his cat like quickness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2XN7MfiE4M

And now you have.

Isn't he the only Armstrong still with a contract with a fed?

# ¿ Apr 23, 2010 22:14

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Whoa, Mike Moran ripped off Bill DeMott!

# ¿ Apr 30, 2010 20:48

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evale posted:

So that fans can send Macho Man and Sting e-cards?

The CGI script used to send e-cards is down.

# ¿ May 30, 2010 06:18

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Jerusalem posted:

I was going through some old Nitros recently and came across an odd little episode where Raven's Flock surrounded the ring to get at Benoit or something.... and then suddenly Finlay comes running out of nowhere, beats the poo poo out of Benoit and then leaves.... and the Flock are just kind of standing there like,"Why the gently caress did Finlay just do that?"

You need to re-find that and post it, because that's amazing.

The closest thing today would be Nexus cornering Cena, Sheamus running in and beating the hell of him and leaving without comment, and then Nexus stomping Cena in their confusion

# ¿ Jul 25, 2010 04:04

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Astro7x posted:

So is the Death of WCW Book any good, the one by Wrestlecrap's R.D. Reynolds?

http://www.amazon.com/Death-WCW-WrestleCrap-Figure-Present/dp/1550226614/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312078472&sr=8-1

It's really good, and gives a good overall view of what went wrong. The details aren't 100% accurate, though.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2011 03:19

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FMNDhmotEE&t=150s

# ¿ Jul 31, 2011 03:54

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Perry Normal posted:

Second only to "Wrestling has consumed Chris Benoit's life!" in terms of retrospectively uncomfortable commentary.

I seem to remember somewhere around the Black Hart/Nugget time period that Vince commented on Owen's fall from grace.

# ¿ Aug 20, 2011 07:45

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Minges posted:

That reminds me of when I did backyard stuff (yes I know) and the best guy in our group started a stable with the worst two guys in our group.

"Why the gently caress do you want to be with them?"
"I don't have to wrestle them anymore."
"..."

I remember that CM Punk commented John Cena's entrance into the Nexus was a great chance to avoid ever having to wrestle Otunga again.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2011 01:55

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bobkatt013 posted:

It seems like a fake. The person has no history, misspellings and no idea why they would have it.

Counterpoint: it's WCW

# ¿ Sep 2, 2011 05:50

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OneThousandMonkeys posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2bJL09Y826c#t=182s

I am just going to leave this here.

Not that this is any sort of defense of Van Hammer, but there never was a second time that Van Hammer tried to throw Bull into the pool.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2011 06:15

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Suben posted:

That reminds me, there was a story in I think the old celebrity meetings thread that was in GBS where some dude talked about how Reese was, for some reason, an in-joke among him and his friends and they'd call into the WCW radio show (or internet show? something like that) and constantly pester the host about Reese/the Yeti. I wish I had the story myself.

I forget the original poster, but this is the quote:

" I used to call a WCW Internet radio show every week and ask them about this mummy-wrestler, The Yeti.* It was hosted by Mark Madden. Months later, Madden is hosting a Pittsburgh local show about the Penguins. A friend of mine in Pittsburgh gives me the number, and to Madden's shock and surprise, yes, I asked him if the Penguins would be signing the Yeti.

* Mean Gene Okerlund once told me to burn my telephone.
"

# ¿ Jan 14, 2012 19:26

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That era? Canada.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2012 06:57

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UltimoDragonQuest posted:

The Rock probably didn't have the influence back then to refuse to work with a guy who was more or less on his level.

His last PPV match with HHH was December 1999 in the 6 man cell so maybe he did basically refuse to work with him once he got huge.
His last TV match with HHH was in early 2002 so he never worked with either once Shawn returned.

What about Judgment Day 2000?

# ¿ Jan 23, 2012 09:35

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ColeM posted:

Yeah he talks a lot about the drug usage in the industry during his entire career. Lots of sad stories and some not surprising. Did you know that 3 out of 5 members of the Hart Foundation in 1997 were massive drug addicts? But he does talk a lot about his drug usage too so its not entirely one sided.

3 out of 5? It's assumed Owen was clean, but unless Bret was clean in 97 it was 4 out of 5.

:laffo:

Or Pillman was other clean one :laffo:

# ¿ Jan 27, 2012 15:26

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DDP turned into Loree Bischoff

# ¿ Feb 5, 2012 16:17

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Somehow I completely forgot about that 3MB match.

# ¿ Jun 9, 2013 03:33

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I've never seen an exact figure, just a generic statement of "millions."

# ¿ Jun 10, 2013 21:43

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Well, Buff Bagwell did always have a pretty thin beard.

# ¿ Jun 22, 2013 03:59

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I'm watching that Legendary Hulk No-Sell, and holy crap he does the worst Figure 4 attempt ever at 1:54. Like, it makes The Miz look competent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wakh3VoZmCw&t=112s

# ¿ Jul 5, 2013 06:30

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Rodney the Piper posted:

"Supposedly Hogan said "No more jobs.""

So what you're saying is that in 1996, Hulk Hogan created an alternate reality that resulted in the reduction of the wrestling fan population from millions to hundreds?

# ¿ Jul 10, 2013 20:36

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 22:57

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triplexpac posted:

I had this same thought haha

I wish I had the talent to illustrate a Hogan No More Jobs comic strip

I think the only one who could do it proper respect would be KC Green.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2013 20:40

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